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Question:

Does man follow a pre-determined destiny or does he make his own destiny?

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Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad

By Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Updated on May 23, 2025

Does man follow a pre-determined destiny or does he make his own destiny?

Questioner: I want to ask you about destiny. Now, is destiny of a man going to be fulfilled or is a man going to make his own destiny?

Huzoor (rh): Both. Both are right. You were born in Sierra Leone, right? You can’t change this destiny, can you?

Questioner: No.

Huzoor (rh): You moved over to England and made your own destiny, didn’t you?

Questioner: Yes.

Huzoor (rh): While those who were left in Sierra Leone, they had no way to imitate you exactly as you have done. Men, most of them cannot do that. You make effort and you reach a higher status in life. You earn more wealth, have more education and so on. So it is not just the case of a predestined fate that you have been provided or you have been confined in. It is a combination of both. The factor of human effort combines with the fate which has given him certain circumstances. And both interacting together decides one’s life here on earth and his future. Right?

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